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The underlying lawsuit will now proceed after a two-year delay pending the appeal decision
Former Vanderpump Rules star and current Love Island USA host Ariana Madix has lost her bid to escape the invasion of privacy and revenge porn lawsuit filed by her former castmate Raquel Leviss against Madix and her ex-boyfriend, Tom Sandoval.
A California appellate court sided with Leviss on Wednesday, refusing to overturn a lower court’s ruling from July 2024 that found Madix’s alleged conduct, as outlined in Leviss’ February 2024 lawsuit, was neither protected speech nor a matter of public interest.
The claims against Madix center on allegations she improperly obtained and shared sexually explicit videos of Leviss that she found on Sandoval’s phone. In a prior declaration filed in the case, Madix acknowledged she secretly accessed Sandoval’s phone without his knowledge or permission and copied the FaceTime videos of Leviss while inside a women’s bathroom stall.
